Miter-box



(No Model.)

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MITER BOX.

Patented w Apr. 3, 1888.

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NNITED STATES PATENT amen.

CHARLES LYMAN, or OLABINDA, Iowa.

MITER -BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,632, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed January 31, 1888. Serial No. 262,484. (No model.)

To aZZ 1071,0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LYMAN, of Glarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Miter-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in miter-boxes specially adapted for tinners use in the matter of jointing eaves-troughs or gutters at an angle, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device whereby the said joints may be readily, conveniently, and expeditiously accomplished.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forniinga part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l. is a plan view of the device when used for cutting the material, and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line a; :0 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device when utilized for uniting the parts.

In carrying out the invention I provide two preferably rectangular boxes, A and B, having one end, a, beveled vertically and transversely, whereby when the beveled ends of the two boxes are made to engage a miterjoint will be effected, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The boxes, which may be made of metal, wood, or other suitable material, have produced in their upper faces a longitudinal segmental groove, b, which groove, however, may be adapted to the exterior contour of any approved form of eaves-trough or spout. Ordinarily, the grooved surface is smooth, as illustrated, and provided with a longitudinal shoulder, 2), near the top upon each side, to accommodate the wired or rolled edges usually produced upon gutters,as shown in Fig. 3.

Upon the upper edge of each box a. series of buttons, cl, are pivoted, which buttons are adapted to retain the gutter within the groove by being turned over the gutters transversely the upper edge of the box, as shown in Fig. 1.

The two boxes A and B are hinged together upon their shorter or inner side at the beveled ends, as best shown at h in Figs. 1 and 2, and when the two beveled surfaces are brought in contact they may be held in that position by any suitable or approved catch. Ordinarily, I employ an eye, 6, secured to the outer beveled end of one box, which, passing through a slot in the approaching end of the opposite box, is engaged by a hook, e, pivoted upon the latter.

In operation the sections of gutter to be united are placed, respectively, in the boxes A and B, the said boxes having previously been folded back to bring their-sides parallel, and the material is secured by means of the buttons, as shown in Fig. 1. The boxes are then turned bottom up, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the spout scribed, following the inclined line of the box ends. This having been accomplished, the spouts are removed from the boxes and cutnpon the said scribed line. The boxes are now carried at right angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and secured. The cut sections are again placed in the boxes, their inclined edges abutting, and while in that position the two sections are finally united by solder applied in any approved manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A miter-box consisting of two hinged boxes,having their approaching ends beveled to produce a miter-joint, and provided upon their upper faces with a. longitudinal groove,

substantially as herein set forth.

2. A miter-box consisting of two hinged boxes,having their approaching ends beveled to produce a miter -joint, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A miter-box consisting of two hinged boxes,having their approaching ends beveled to produce a miter-joint, and provided upon their upper faces with a semicircular longitudinal groove, a shoulder intersecting said groove,and means for retaining the two boxes at right angles to each other, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A miter-box consisting of two boxes hinged to fold parallel with each other, having their approaching ends beveled to produce a miter-joint, and provided upon their upper faces with a semicircular longitudinal groove, a shoulder intersecting said groove,and means for detachabl y retaining the beveled ends of the boxes in contact, substantially as and for the purposes'set forth.

CHARLES LYMAN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW LOHLAN, FRANK Pnns'ron. 

